Islam in a Globalized World Negotiating Faultlines

includes index and biblioraphy

Section I: Islam and the World 1.Pluralism in Muslim Societies 17 Aziz al-Azmeh 2.The Relationship between Christianity and Islam 37 Tariq Ramadan 3.Shifting the Boundaries: Revisiting Islam and Muslimness 53 Raza Rumi 4.Islamic Culture and the Brotherhood of Mankind 66 I.H. AzadFaruqi 5.Islam and the Politics of Gender Discrimination 78 P.K. Abdul Rahiman 6.Public Religosity, Parrots of Paradise and the Symbols of the Super-Muslim 99 Thomas K. Gugler 7.Encounters of Empires: The Hajj Sojourner and Pan-Islamism 123 Subah Dayal 8.Islam and Violence: An Uneasy Relationship 139 Sujata Ashwarya Cheema 9.The Theatre of 9/11: News Media, Public Diplomacy and the `War on Terror` 166 Saima Saeed Section II: Islam in India 10.Some Aspects of the Messianic Idea in Sunni Islam 197 Yohanan Friedmann 11.From Scholastic Learning to Religious Healing: Unani Medicine and Civil Society in 19th Century India 232 Seema Alavi 12.The Tradition of Deoband and the Pragmatism of Ubaid Allah Sindhi 244 Naseer Ahmad Habib 13.Pluralism on Trial 264 Mushirul Hasan 14.Islam in South Asia: The Bengal Experience 288 Veena Sikri 15.The Freedom Movement and the Muslims of Bihar: Delineations on Minority Identity and National Independence 311 MeherFatima Hussain 16.New Directions in Indian Muslim Politics: The Agenda of the All-India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz 330 Arshad Alam 17.Sinews of Sufism in Kashmir: Past and Present 350 Mohammad Ishaq Khan 18.Islam and the `Frontier Zone` 369 Sameena Hasan Siddiqui 19.Recognition and Entitlement: Muslim Castes Eligible for Inclusion in the Category `Scheduled Castes` 382 Imtiaz Ahmad 20.The Dargah of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya: References in the Revenue and Judicial Records(1859-1973 AD) 412 Sameena Hasan Siddiqu 21. Perceptions of Muslim/Islamic Identity in Popular Hindi Cinema 427 Mohammad Asim Siddiqui 22.1 Am a Hindu Asghar Wajahat Translated from Hindi by Rakhshandajalil